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Xinhua News Agency, Washington, November 9 (Reporter Tan Jingjing) According to data from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, at noon to the 9th Eastern time, the cumulative number of confirmed cases of the new crown in the United States exceeded 10 million, which is roughly the total number of confirmed cases of the new world crown. One fifth of all deaths; more than 237,000 deaths. It took just 10 days from the cumulative number of confirmed cases of the new crown in the United States to surpass 9 million on October 30 to more than 10 million on November 9, and its growth rate set a record since the outbreak.
In an interview with reporters from the Xinhua News Agency, licensed US epidemiologists said the United States is currently in the “worst” stage of the epidemic’s development; the increase in cases can last several weeks; If prevention and control measures are not introduced on a large scale, the epidemic situation will be unpleasant in the short term. To the inflection point.
On November 9, in New York, USA, people were relaxing and shopping at the winter market. (Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Ying)
Recently, the new corona epidemic in the United States has fallen into a “surge wave” in the fall and winter, the number of recently confirmed cases has risen dramatically, and the number of hospitalized cases in many places has continuously set records. According to data released by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on day 9, starting on day 8, the average daily increase in the number of confirmed cases in the last 7 days in the United States was as high as 104,417, setting a record for the 7-day average daily increase in cases since the outbreak; 7-day average daily increase in deaths There are 950 cases, a new record since September.
New data from the US “Atlantic Monthly” project to track the epidemic nationwide shows that the number of confirmed cases and hospitalized cases of new crowns in all regions of the United States is currently on the rise. As of the 8th, there are nearly 57,000 inpatients with new crowns in the United States, and the cumulative number of inpatients with new crowns has increased by more than 10,000 since October 30.
Stanley Perlman, a professor of microbiology and immunology at the University of Iowa in the United States, told reporters from the Xinhua News Agency that the recent and rapid deterioration of the new corona epidemic in the United States has led to an increase in the number of people gathering for indoor activities as the weather turns cold; many people are concerned about the new crown. The epidemic has caused a feeling of “fatigue”, although the death toll from the new crown continues to rise, there are still a large number of people who do not recognize reality and have no sense of urgency.
Perlman said that with the increase in confirmed cases and hospitalized cases of the new crown, many older people and other groups with underlying diseases in the United States are at great risk, which can lead to an increase in deaths. This is one of the new features and new challenges of the recent development of the American epidemic. . The United States needs to take “lockdown” measures again on nursing homes and other long-term care institutions to protect vulnerable groups.
“The epidemic has reached such a bad stage. If prevention and control measures are not taken on a large scale, it is difficult to see the increase in cases decrease. Perlman believes that the strictest prevention and control measures should include a national “order of masks” and strictly maintain Policies of social distancing, partial “closures” of high-risk areas and more effective follow-up of close contacts of diagnosed patients. with COVID-19.
On October 30, in New York, USA, pedestrians passed an epidemic prevention mural. (Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Ying)
Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and an important member of the White House Coronavirus Response Task Force, previously stated that if there is a new corona vaccine that is 75% effective and vaccinated at a certain size of population, the United States will have Perhaps next year it begins to return to a certain sense of normality.
